Wednesday, March 28, 2007

GOOD NEWS

Posted by Reverend Ref + at 6:27 PM

Holy Week is right around the corner.

This is the first time since I've started dealing with Holy Week on a leadership basis that I am not stressed out about it. Being the Holy Week chair at SWTS was an extremely stressful position, but it was darn good training for life as a priest.

And the last two years, either it was all new (for me in the "real world," and for my congregation) and things sort of started sliding out of control.

But this year . . . This year I was ready. All the services were planned and ordos printed before Lent V. This means that I have the week prior to Holy Week and Holy Week itself to do nothing but work on sermons. Maundy Thursday is finished and on my desk in VC. Good Friday is coming along nicely, thank you, and will be finished tomorrow. That means I've got all of this weekend and next week to work on my Easter sermon. How cool is that????

All of this preparedness can only mean one thing: Something will go terribly, terribly wrong.

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5 comments:

Anonymous | 10:02 PM, March 28, 2007  

Just be really, really careful with the Vigil fire. ;-)

Reverend Ref + | 8:38 AM, March 29, 2007  

Yeah . . . that's been on my mind quite a bit actually.

I'll have a hose and "shovels and rakes and implements of destruction" handy. I'll also have my J.W. be the last in the procession so he can knock it down so that it is contained within the fire pit.

The Episcopal Priest/Fire Department Member & Chaplain/City Councilman(?) does not need that kind of publicity.

David | 10:03 PM, March 31, 2007  

Todd
I agree, being Holy Week chair at SWTS was tremendous training. And now I KNOW how to do "it", and love every aspect of HW!
We will do HW in the gym again this year and I am excited about it. It's weird and difficult but in someway, it's very special too.
By the way, I use the "smokeless fire", lit by flint. Works great.
Have a good one!

Reverend Ref + | 9:28 AM, April 01, 2007  

David,

(continuing) Prayers for you and your congregation this HW.

Okay . . . so I've been looking for a smokeless fire recipe. What do you use?

David | 11:09 AM, April 02, 2007  

Epsom salt soaked with rubbing alcohol. You can light with a bic, or we use flint and the spark usually works.
It makes a nice, very hot, blue flame, but no smoke. Use a good pot made for fire to build it in as it does get VERY hot.
Good luck.

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